UNIVERSITY  OF  CHICAGO 


FOUNDED  BY  JOHN  D.  ROCKEFELLER 


1894-95 


PROGRAMME  OF  COURSES  IN 
SOCIOLOGY  AND  ANTHROPOLOGY 


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DEPARTMENT 


OF 

SOCIOLOGY  AND  ANTHROPOLOGY. 

VI. 


OFFICERS  OF  INSTRUCTION. 

ALBION  WOODBURY  SMALL,  Ph.D., 

Head  Professor  of  Sociology. 

CHARLES  RICHMOND  HENDERSON,  A.M.,  D.D., 

Associate  Professor  of  Sociology  in  the  Divinity  School. 

EDWARD  W.  BEMIS,  Ph.D., 

University  Extension  Associate  Professor  of  Political  Economy. 
MARION  TALBOT,  A.M., 

Assistant  Professor  of  Sanitary  Science. 

FREDERICK  STARR,  Ph.D., 

Assistant  Professor  of  Anthropology  and  Curator  of  the  Anthropological 
Section  of  the  Museum. 

GEORGE  EDGAR  VINCENT,  A.B., 

Assistant  in  Sociology. 

GERALD  M.  WEST,  Ph.D., 

Docent  in  Anthropology. 

DANIEL  FULCOMER,  A.M., 

University  Extension  Lecturer  in  Sociology. 

WILLIAM  ISAAC  THOMAS,  Ph.D., 

Fellow  in  Sociology. 


FELLOWS. 

1893- 4. 

George  E.  Vincent,  A.  B.,  Honorary.  William  I.  Thomas,  Ph.D. 
Charles  W.  Spencer,  A.B. 

1894- 5. 

William  I.  Thomas,  Ph.D. 

SCHOLAR  1894-5. 

Ira  W.  Howerth,  A.B. 

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INTRODUCTORY. 


DIVISIONS  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT. 

The  organization  of  Sociology  and  Anthropology  in  a single  department  is 
provisional.  The  differentiation  of  an  independent  department  of  Anthropology 
and  Ethnology  is  anticipated.  Meanwhile,  the  present  alliance  and  cooperation  is 
fortunate,  as  it  recognizes  the  dependence  of  social  philosophy  and  social  art  upon 
anthropological  science. 

The  department  of  Sanitary  Science,  although  equally  entitled  to  independence, 
is  so  closely  connected  with  general  Sociology  that  its  inclusion  in  the  department 
of  Social  Science  is  most  natural  and  convenient  until  separate  organization  is 
practicable. 

The  further  subdivision  of  subjects  suggested  below  by  the  captions,  “ Social 
Institutions”  and  “Social  Philosophy,”  represents  a division  of  labor,  which  per- 
mits specialization  by  different  instructors  upon  concrete  institutions,  on  the  one 
hand,  and  upon  generalization  of  social  relations  on  the  other  hand.  At  the  same 
time,  this  division  of  labor  is  based  upon  the  principle  that  interpretations  of 
special  institutions  and  of  general  social  relations  are  versions  of  the  same  scien- 
tific data.  The  two  versions  are  reciprocally  corrective  and  corroborative. 

ANTHROPOLOGY  AND  ETHNOLOGY. 

The  courses  here  offered  are  intended  to  enable  students  to  gain  a general 
idea  of  the  history  of  human  progress,  to  take  a survey  of  the  races  of  mankind,  to 
study  the  beginnings  made  by  primitive  man  in  times  before  history.  To  know 
man,  physical,  intellectual,  moral  is  important.  No  knowledge  is  more  interesting, 
or  more  valuable.  The  study  of  man  is  pursued,  however,  not  only  for  the  simple 
facts  learned,  important  and  interesting  as  they  are,  but  in  order  that  these  may 
be  used  as  a basis  for  profitable  study  in  Sociology,  and  kindred  subjects  looking 
toward  practical  ends. 


SANITARY  SCIENCE. 

Under  the  present  convenient  union  of  the  work  in  Sanitary  Science  with  the 
department  of  Sociology,  an  effort  will  be  made  to  coordinate  the  courses  offered 
with  the  general  aims  and  methods  of  Social  Science.  The  trend,  of  the  courses 
therefore,  will  not  be  altogether  technical,  but  their  aim  will  be  to  serve  as  a helpful 
foundation  for  future  duties  and  interests  as  householders,  owners  and  agents  of 
tenements,  students  of  social  reform,  administrators  of  schools,  hospitals,  prisons, 
and  kindred  institutions,  and  practical  philanthropists.  It  is  hoped,  however,  that 
the  study  of  the  general  principles  treated  may  lead,  in  some  cases,  to  investigation 
along  purely  scientific  lines,  and,  with  this  aim  in  view,  the  resources  of  other 
departments  will  be  found  invaluable  as  adjuncts. 


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GENERAL  SOCIOLOGY. 


Prevalent  misconceptions  make  it  necessary  to  advise  students  that  Sociology 
is  neither  the  sum  of  modern  experiments  in  beneficence,  nor  the  formulation  of 
benevolent  sentiments,  uor  a dogmatic  short  cut  to  the  solution  of  problems  which 
baffle  political  and  economic  science. 

Sociology  is,  first,  a philosophy,  that  is,  a correlation  of  the  generalizations  of 
the  special  social  sciences ; second,  an  application  of  social  philosophy  to  concrete 
problems.  Social  philosophy  is  invalid,  unless  it  is  chiefly  constructed  from  data 
authenticated  by  the  antecedent  sciences.  Social  programs,  whether  for  society  in 
general,  or  for  minor  social  endeavor,  are  without  scientific  credentials,  unless  they 
are  endorsed  by  social  philosophy  thus  derived. 

The  department  of  Sociology  has,  accordingly,  the  following  distinct  aims : 
(i)  To  furnish  such  expositions  of  social  relations  and  theories  as  will  serve  the  gen- 
eral purposes  of  educated  citizens.  (2)  To  train  teachers  for  similar  work  of  general 
exposition  in  colleges.  (3)  To  furnish  professional  equipment  for  other  vocations 
devoted  to  social  service ; including  the  offices  of  public  instruction  through  pulpit, 
platform,  press ; and  the  work  of  organizing  enterprises  for  social  improvement. 
(4)  To  unite,  in  the  seminaries,  a company  of  advanced  students  capable  of  the 
most  comprehensive  thought  upon  social  philosophy,  and  to  enlist  them  in  coopera- 
tion for  first-rate  contribution  to  social  doctrine.  To  this  end,  fellowships  are 
assigned  to  specially  competent  students  of  Social  Science. 

FACILITIES  FOR  STUDY. 

The  facilities  for  sociological  study  in  the  University  of  Chicago  are  unsurpassed. 
The  differentiation  of  departments  devoted  to  social  phenomena,  and  the  division 
of  labor  within  the  departments  is  nowhere  more  distinct  and  minute.  The  city  of 
Chicago  is  one  of  the  most  complete  social  laboratories  in  the  world.  While  the 
elements  of  Sociology  may  be  studied  in  smaller  communities,  and  while  it  may  be 
an  advantage  to  beginners  in  the  method  of  positive  Sociology  to  deal  at  first  with 
more  simple  social  combinations,  the  most  serious  problems  of  modern  society  are 
presented  by  the  great  cities,  and  must  be  studied  as  they  are  encountered  in  con- 
crete form  in  large  populations.  No  city  in  the  world  presents  a wider  variety  of 
typical  social  problems  than  Chicago. 

The  instructors  in  the  department  of  Social  Science  aim  to  use  the  scientific 
materia]  thus  afforded  both  for  didactic  and  constructive  purposes.  They  find  a 
large  proportion  of  their  opportunities  for  research  in  cooperation  with  the  public- 
spirited  men  and  women  of  the  city.  They  are  active  members  of  many  organiza- 
tions of  citizens  for  the  purpose  of  investigating  and  shaping  the  life  of  Chicago. 
Graduate  students  in  the  department  are  taught  to  work  among  social  facts,  and  to 
test  and  form  theory  by  experience. 

Thus  the  organized  charities  of  the  city  have  already  afforded  graduate 
students  of  the  Uiyversity  both  employment  and  training.  The  church  enterprises 
of  the  city  have  enlisted  students  in  a similar  manner.  Several  students  of  Sociology 
have  been  residents  and  workers  at  Hull  House.  A social  settlement  upon  the 

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plan  of  Hull  House  has  been  founded  and  maintained  by  students  and  instructors 
in  the  University.  Another  settlement  is  projected,  to  be  under  the  special  charge 
of  the  Divinity  School  of  the  University,  superintended  by  the  Divinity  School 
Professor  of  Sociology.  Social  organizations  of  every  description,  from  Trades 
Unions  to  the  Civic  Federation,  afford  illustrations  of  every  type  of  modern  social 
experiment,  and  opportunity  for  the  largest  variety  of  observation  and  experience. 
Representatives  of  all  these  phases  of  social  effort  cordially  cooperate  with  the 
department  of  Social  Science  in  making  these  social  endeavors  tributary  to  the 
training  of  sociological  students.  It  is  the  purpose  of  this  department  to  appropri- 
ate to  the  utmost  every  advantage  afforded  by  the  vast  social  laboratory  within 
which  the  University  is  located.  This  purpose  will  be  especially  prominent  in  con- 
nection with  the  work  of  the  social  settlements.  While  the  primary  aim  of  these 
enterprises  is  improvement  of  the  districts  in  which  they  are  undertaken,  the 
settlements  are  social  observing  stations  where  invaluable  supplementary  experience 
should  be  sought  by  students,  and  where  material  is  to  be  gathered  by  mature 
investigators.  In  so  far  as  the  work  of  the  settlements  is  guided  by  the  University, 
it  will  not  stop  with  exhibitions  of  altruistic  sentiments.  It  will  attempt  to  test 
general  hypotheses,  and  to  establish  scientific  conclusions  by  use  of  the  evidence 
which  actual  experiment  affords. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  breadth  of  the  University  itself  makes  empirical  and 
provincial  study  of  Sociology  impossible.  The  differentiation  of  departments  does 
not  imply  isolation  of  thought.  Scientific  work  in  Sociology  largely  depends  upon 
logically  antecedent  sciences  not  only  for  material,  but  for  method.  This  depend- 
ence is  recognized  in  the  requirements  specified  below.  More  than  this,  it  will 
frequently  occur  that  the  kind  of  research  which  is  decisive  in  a particular  socio- 
logical investigation  is  the  more  appropriate  work  of  another  department.  Graduate 
work  in  Sociology  will  accordingly  involve  frequent  resort  to  cognate  departments. 


SPECIAL  REGULATIONS. 

Candidates  for  the  higher  degrees,  if  otherwise  qualified,  may  choose  as 
principal  or  secondary  subjects  either  (a)  Anthropology  and  Ethnology;  (fr)  Sanitary 
Science  ; (c)  General  Sociology.  The  minimum  amount  of  work  accepted  for  the 
degree  of  A.M.,  or  for  the  secondary  subject  leading  to  the  degree  of  Ph.D.,  is 
twelve  minors.  Should  General  Sociology  be  the  subject  chosen,  Courses  22,  24, 
and  25  must  be  included  in  the  number  upon  which  the  candidate  presents  himself 
for  examination. 

If  either  of  the  above  subjects  be  chosen  as  the  principal  subject  for  the  degree 
of  Ph.D.,  the  equivalent  of  thirty-six  minors  within  or  under  the  direction  of  the 
department  of  Sociology  and  Anthropology  will  be  required. 

The  following  courses,  stated  in  terms  of  majors,  are  recommended  as  giving 
suitable  preparation  for  graduate  study  in  Sanitary  Science,  and  will  be  considered 
as  prerequisites  for  the  degree  of  Ph.D. : Physiography  and  Geology,  3 ; Physics,  3 ; 
Chemistry,  6 ; General  Biology,  3 ; Sanitary  Biology,  1 ; Physiology,  3 ; Botany,  2 ; 
Political  Economy,  2;  English,  3;  Reading  knowledge  of  German  and  French* 

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The  course  of  undergraduate  study  to  be  recommended  as  the  best  preparation 
for  graduate  work  in  General  Sociology  includes  the  following  subjects ; the  pro- 
portions being  indicated  in  terms  of  majors,  viz.:  Physiography,  I ; Physics,  I ; 
Chemistry,  I ; Biology,  I ; Anthropology  and  Ethnology,  2 ; Neurology,  I ; Psychol- 
ogy, i ; Ethics,  I ; History  of  Philosophy,  I ; History  (to  Peace  of  Westphalia), 
3 to  6 ; Modern  History  and  Political  Science,  3 ; Political  Economy,  3 ; Sociology, 
2 (Courses  37  and  38).  In  addition  to  the  University  requirement  of  a reading 
knowledge  of  French  and  German,  candidates  for  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  in  Sociology 
must  have  completed,  either  as  undergraduates  or  as  graduates,  the  equivalent  of 
the  above  schedule  of  preparatory  study.  Undergraduates  who  contemplate  gradu- 
ate work  in  Sociology  are  advised  to  consult,  as  early  in  their  college  course  as 
possible,  with  instructors  in  the  department  of  Social  Science. 


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COURSES  OF  INSTRUCTION. 


Note. — Courses  marked  with  an  asterisk  (*)  will  not  to  be  given  in  the  year  1894-5.  The  term 
Minor  ( = M.)  applies  to  a course  of  six  weeks,  calling  in  the  Graduate  School  and  the  University 
Colleges  for  four,  in  the  Academic  Colleges  for  five  hours  of  class-room  work  per  week.  A Double 
Minor  (=DM.)  is  such  a course  extending  through  two  terms  of  six  weeks  each.  The  year  in  each 
instance  is  reckoned  from  July  to  July. 


ANTHROPOLOGY. 

1.  Laboratory.  Work  in  Anthropology. — Selected  students,  qualified  for  such 

work,  may  pursue  studies  in  the  Laboratory  or  Museum,  in  Archaeology, 
Ethnology,  or  Physical  Anthropology,  provided  that,  by  so  doing,  they  do 
not  trespass  upon  the  field  of  the  other  workers  in  the  University.  Such 
study  will  be  under  the  direction  of  the  instructor  in  Anthropology,  and,  if 
desired,  with  his  assistance.  For  graduate  students. 

3DM.  Autumn,  Winter,  and  Spring  Quarters. 

Assistant  Professor  Starr. 

2.  Physical  Anthropology — Laboratory  Work.— Topinard,  Elements  d'An- 

thropologie  Generate  will  be  carefully  studied.  Students  will  do  practical 
work  in  Craniometry,  Anthropometry,  etc.  Besides  instrumental  work  they 
will  tabulate  results,  pursue  original  investigation,  and  prepare  reports. 

3DM.  Autumn,  Winter,  and  Spring  Quarters. 

Assistant  Professor  Starr. 

3.  Applied  Anthropology: — The  course  involves  preliminary  work  in  Craniome- 

try and  Anthropometry  in  the  Laboratory.  This  work  is  preparatory  to 
special  studies  upon  growth  and  into  the  effect  of  hygiene  and  social  con- 
dition on  development.  Work  may  also  be  undertaken  upon  the  different 
foreign  elements  of  the  city. 

10  hrs.  a week,  3DMM.  Autumn,  Winter,  and  Spring  Quarters. 

Dr.  West. 

4.  General  Anthropology.— Outlines  of  the  Science.  Tylor,  Anthropology. 

The  class-work  will  be  based  on  the  text-book  named.  In  connection  with 
the  work  students  may  read  either  Ward,  Dynamic  Sociology , Letourneau, 
Sociologies  or  Herbert  Spencer,  Principles  of  Sociology. 

DM.  Autumn  Quarter. 
Assistant  Professor  Starr. 

5.  Ethnology. — Study  of  General  Ethnology.  Brinton  Races  and  Peoples , will 

first  be  studied.  The  subject  will  then  be  developed  by  class  lectures,  dis- 
cussions, and  preparation  by  students  of  essays  upon  special  and  assigned 
topics.  Students  who  know  French  may  read  de  Quatrefage,  Races 

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Humaines,  Students  who  wish  to  take  this  course  are  recommended  to 
study  Course  i first.  The  objects  sought  in  this  course  are,  (i)  to  present  the 
great  problems  of  Ethnology;  (2)  to  consider  systems  of  classification  of 
human  races  and  the  basis  for  such  classification;  (3)  to  follow  the  history 
of  the  science.  10  hrs.  a week,  DMM.  Winter  Quarter. 

Assistant  Professor  Starr. 

6.  Prehistoric  Archaeology. — European.  Outline  of  the  science  so  far  as  it 
deals  with  the  Old  World.  Text-book  work,  based  upon  de  Mortillet  Le 
Prehistorique,  will  be  supplemented  by  lectures,  collateral  reading  and  prac- 
tical work  in  laboratory  and  museum.  Preliminary  to  this  work  study  will 
be  made  of  quaternary  geology  and  of  the  geological  evidence  of  man’s 
antiquity.  DM.  Spring  Quarter. 

Assistant  Professor  Starr. 

*7-  Ethnology. — Special  study  of  one  of  the  great  races  of  man.  The  history, 
geographical  distribution,  character,  life,  arts,  and  achievements  of  the  race 
selected  will  be  carefully  investigated.  Its  relation  to,  and  its  influence  upon 
the  rest  of  mankind  will  be  studied.  This  course  will  alternate,  year  by 
year,  with  course  5,  the  subject  varying.  In  1893-4,  the  American  Race 
wras  considered.  DM.  Winter  Quarter. 

Assistant  Professor  Starr. 

*8.  Prehistoric  Archaeology. — American.  The  general  subject  will  be  presented 
in  class  lectures.  Students  will  select  a special  topic  for  individual  reading 
under  direction.  Theses  resulting  from  such  reading  will  be  presented  and 
discussed.  Personal  field  work  and  laboratory  study  should,  if  possible,  be 
done  in  connection  with  the  thesis  work.  Course  8 alternates  with  Course  6. 

DM.  Spring  Quarter. 

Assistant  Professor  Starr. 

*9.  Physical  Anthropology. — Elementary  course.  Topinard,  Anthropology , is 
studied.  Students  are  made  acquainted  with  the  instruments  used  in  the 
science,  with  the  methods  and  with  the  results  to  be  gained.  Examples  of 
various  races  will  be  examined,  and  the  work  will  be  made  practical.  Topics 
will  be  assigned  for  special  reading  and  thesis.  DM.  Autumn  Quarter. 

Assistant  Professor  Starr. 

SANITARY  SCIENCE. 

39.  General  Hygiene. — This  course  is  intended  primarily  for  undergraduates, 
and  is  practical  in  method  and  scope.  It  is  intended  also  as  an  introduction 
to  the  study  of  Sanitary  Science.  DM.  Spring  Quarter. 

Assistant  Professor  Talbot. 

10.  Seminar  in  Sanitary  Science. — The  work  will  be  designed  only  for  students 
capable  of  carrying  on  independent  investigations.  It  will  deal  with  new 
and  unsettled  problems  whose  solution  will  help  place  the  subject  of  public 


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health  on  a more  secure  scientific  basis.  The  topics  assigned  will  be  chemi- 
cal, physiological,  bacteriological,  economic  or  sociological,  according  to  the 
preferences  and  training  of  the  individual  students. 

2 hrs.  a week,  3 DM.  Autumn,  Winter,  and  Spring  Quarters. 

Assistant  Professor  Talbot. 

11.  House  Sanitation. — This  course  includes  a study  of  the  following  topics: 

Situation,  surroundings,  ventilation,  heating,  drainage,  plumbing,  lighting, 
and  furnishing.  There  will  be  a study  of  the  sanitation  of  the  dwelling  as 
the  unit  of  public  health.  Buildings  of  good  and  bad  types  will  be  inspected 
and  critical  reports  made.  Special  attention  will  be  given  to  the  investiga- 
tion of  general  sanitary  conditions  from  a practical  and  scientific  standpoint. 

DM.  Autumn  Quarter. 
Assistant  Professor  Talbot. 

12.  Sanitary  Aspects  of  Water,  Food,  and  Clothing. — Special  study  will  be 

given  to  the  physiological  and  chemical  principles  of  water  and  foods,  includ- 
ing food  analysis,  food  adulterations,  and  dietaries. 

DM.  Winter  Quarter. 
Assistant  Professor  Talbot. 

13.  The  Economy  of  Living. — This  course  will  consider  the  order  and  adminis- 

tration of  the  household,  with  a discussion  of  the  scientific  principles  of  the 
application  of  heat  to  food  materials,  the  chemistry  of  cleaning,  and  domestic 
service.  DM.  Spring  Quarter. 

Assistant  Professor  Talbot. 

SOCIAL  INSTITUTIONS. 

14.  Seminar:  Organizations  for  Promoting  Social  Welfare. 

3 DM.  Autumn,  Winter,  and  Spring  Quarters. 
Associate  Professor  Henderson. 

18.  The  Family. — A historical  study  of  the  domestic  relations,  and  of  the  organic 

connection  of  the  family  with  modern  culture  and  progress. 

M.  First  Term,  Autumn  Quarter. 
Associate  Professor  Henderson. 

19.  Voluntary  Associations. — A systematic  study  of  the  nature  and  social  value 

of  organizations  to  meet  community  needs,  apart  from  political  and  industrial 
relations.  M.  Second  Term,  Autumn  Quarter. 

Associate  Professor  Henderson. 

15.  Social  Institutions  of  Organized  Christianity. — The  direct  action  of  the 

Church  upon  society,  apart  from  its  specific  functions ; a historical  view  of 
ecclesiastical  charities  and  of  contemporary  schemes  of  beneficence. 

M.  Second  Term,  Autumn  Quarter. 
Associate  Professor  Henderson, 


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32.  Economical  and  Governmental  Agencies  for  Advancing  General  Welfare. 

— Supplements  19,  and  considers  the  factors  omitted  there. 

M.  First  Term,  Winter  Quarter. 
Associate  Professor  Henderson. 

31.  Social  Conditions  in  American  Rural  Life.— Some  problems  of  ameliora- 
tion, presented  by  life  on  American  farms  and  in  villages,  will  be  considered. 

M.  First  Term,  Winter  Quarter. 
Associate  Professor  Henderson. 

16.  Social  Treatment  of  Dependents  and  Defectives. — The  causes  of  pauper- 

ism ; public  and  ecclesiastical  charities  ; preventive  methods  ; cooperation  in 
beneficence  ; institutions  for  the  education  of  deaf-mutes,  the  blind,  and 
feeble-minded,  and  other  topics  of  charity. 

M (or  MM).  Second  Term,  Winter  Quarter. 
Associate  Professor  Henderson. 

33.  Modern  Cities  and  Cooperation  of  their  Beneficent  Forces. — Counterpart  of 

Course  31.  M.  Second  Term,  Winter  Quarter. 

Associate  Professor  Henderson. 

17.  Social  Treatment  of  Crime  and  Criminals. 

M (or  MM).  First  Term,  Spring  Quarter. 
Associate  Professor  Henderson. 

34.  Sociology  of  the  New  Testament.  M.  Second  Term,  Spring  Quarter. 

Associate  Professor  Henderson. 

35.  Historical  Development  of  the  Great  Philanthropies  and  Reforms. 

M.  First  Term,  Spring  Quarter. 
Associate  Professor  Henderson. 

Remarks. — Those  who  take  the  Seminar  (14)  will  omit  (19),  (15),  (32),  and 
(33).  Candidates  for  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  should  confer  with  instructors  with  refer- 
ence to  the  conditions  set  forth  above.  Students  not  candidates  for  this  degree  may 
enter  any  of  the  above  courses  by  satisfying  the  Department  that  they  are  prepared 
to  take  them  with  profit. 

20.  Trades  Unionism  and  Cooperation. — Their  History  in  Europe  and  America, 

their  Methods  and  their  Place  in  Social  Development.  The  methods  pur- 
sued will  be  the  same  as  in  Course  21.  DM.  Spring  Quarter. 

Associate  Professor  Bemis. 

21.  The  State  as  an  Agent  for  Social  Amelioration  and  Reform. — Factory 

Legislation,  Industrial  and  Compulsory  Education,  the  Sweating  System, 
Immigration,  Employers’  Liability  Acts,  Company  Stores,  Convict  Labor. 

In  this  course  the  student,  aside  from  following  the  lectures  and  doing  assigned 
reading,  will  be  expected  to  investigate  for  himself  some  of  the  above  topics,  by 
the  study  of  local  conditions  in  Chicago,  and  of  the  latest  statistical  and  other  pub- 
lications of  governmental  bodiesj  DM.  Spring  Quarter* 

Associate  Professor  Bemis* 


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SOCIAL  PHILOSOPHY. 


37.  Contemporary  Society  in  the  United  States. — This  Course  is  designed  as 

an  introduction,  for  under-graduate  students,  to  sociological  pursuits.  It 
serves  incidentally  to  correlate  the  physical,  biological,  and  social  sciences 
which  are  concerned  with  the  phenomena  presented  by  contemporary  society, 
and  thus  to  show  the  bearing  of  each  department  of  knowledge  upon  human 
life  and  welfare. 

The  method  of  treatment  is  concrete  throughout,  and  the  plan  includes : 

(1)  A Rapid  General  Survey  of  (a)  natural  conditions,  geographical,  geolog- 
ical, climatic,  etc.  ( b ) Population,  as  to  numbers,  races,  and  distribution, 
(r)  Social  arrangements,  buildings,  roads,  railways,  telegraph,  the  press, 
etc.  (d)  Economic  activities,  production  and  exchange,  (e)  Social 
institutions,  religious,  educational  and  political ; 

(2)  Detailed  Study,  from  the  standpoint  of  this  review,  of  family  and  social 
life  in  all  its  aspects  in  (a)  the  rural  community,  ( b ) the  village,  (c)  the 
town,  in  different  parts  of  the  United  States. 

Students  will  be  expected  to  present  papers  on  social  life  in  the  commu- 
nities where  they  live ; to  study  local  newspapers  from  many  sections  of  the 
country,  to  prepare  sociological  maps  of  villages  and  towns,  and  to  make 
comparisons  as  to  domestic  architecture,  social  customs,  standards  of  con- 
duct, and  public  opinion,  between  various  parts  of  the  United  States.  In 
these  and  in  many  other  ways  they  will  learn  to  observe  clearly,  and  report 
accurately,  social  conditions  as  they  actually  exist  at  the  present  time. 

DM.  Winter  Quarter. 
Mr.  Vincent. 

38.  Urban  Life  in  the  United  States. — The  concrete  method  will  be  followed  in 

this  course,  which  will  deal  with 

(1)  General  Considerations  concerning  city  organization  and  activities,  such 
as  (a)  topographical  arrangements  ; (d)  character  of  population ; (<r)  group- 
ings racial,  economic,  occupational,  religious,  etc. ; (d)  separation  of 
classes  according  to  wealth ; ( e ) political  organization,  and  municipal 
functions ; (/)  conditions  of  social  disease,  class  antagonisms,  unsanitary 
tenements,  institutions  of  vice,  crime,  pauperism,  etc. ; ( g ) means  for 
alleviation  and  reform,  organized  charity,  social  settlements,  etc. ; ( h ) pub- 
lic opinion  and  the  press  ; (i)  standards  of  conduct,  public  and  private. 

(2)  Practical  illustrations  drawn  from  the  city  of  Chicago.  While  a detailed 

study  of  the  city  is  beyond  the  scope  of  this  course,  many  applications 
may  be  made  to  local  conditions,  and  much  may  be  gained  from  a syste- 
matic study  of  the  press.  Each  student  will  be  expected  to  give  special 
attention  to  some  one  phase  of  Chicago  life,  and  to  present  a thesis 
upon  it.  DM.  Spring  Quarter. 

Mr.  Vincent. 


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40.  Elements  of  Sociology. — An  outline  of  the  subject-matter  of  the  science,  with 
especial  reference  to  the  needs  of  students  who  do  not  propose  to  pursue 
advanced  study  in  Sociology.  The  relations  of  the  different  departments  of 
social  science  to  each  other  will  be  so  explained  as  to  expose  the  fallacy  and 
danger  of  constructing  social  programmes  upon  partial  knowledge  of  the 
conditions  involved.  DM.  Summer  Quarter. 

Mr.  Fulcomer. 

*22.  The  Methodology  and  Bibliography  of  Social  Science. — For  the  most 
advanced  students.  M.  First  Term,  Summer  Quarter. 

Head  Professor  Small. 

*23.  Seminar.  The  Psychology,  Ethics,  and  Sociology  of  Socialism. — A study 
of  the  non-economic  content  of  modern  socialistic  systems.  Open  only  to 
students  who  have  completed  Courses  24  and  25. 

Two  hours  a week,  3DM.  Autumn,  Winter,  and  Spring  Quarters,  1893-4. 

Head  Professor  Small. 

24.  The  Province  of  Sociology,  and  its  Relation  to  the  Special  Social 

Sciences. — General  introduction  to  Social  Philosophy.  More  elementary 
than  Course  22.  Presupposes  elementary  courses  in  History,  Political 
Economy,  Psychology,  and  Ethics.  DM.  Autumn  Quarter. 

Head  Professor  Small,  and  Mr.  Vincent. 

Offered  as  a MM.  First  Term,  Summer  Quarter,  1894. 

Head  Professor  Small. 

25.  Social  Anatomy,  Physiology,  and  Psychology. — With  Small  and  Vincent’s 

Introduction  to  the  Study  of  Society,  as  a guide,  the  works  of  Comte,  Spencer, 
Schaffle,  Lilienfeld,  De  Greef,  and  Ward  are  interpreted  in  logical,  rather 
than  chronological  order.  The  resulting  method  is  used  constructively  in 
analysis  and  synthesis  of  social  phenomena.  Practice  in  direct  observation, 
and  in  correlation  of  material  is  a prime  object  of  this  course. 

2DM.  Winter  and  Spring  Quarters. 

Head  Professor  Small,  and  Mr.  Vincent. 

Course  25  is  a continuation  of  Course  24.  The  two  courses  indicate  the  scope 
and  exhibit  the  methods  of  Descriptive  Sociology.  Course  24  may  be  taken  with- 
out Course  25,  but  Courses  22,  24,  and  25,  will  be  required  of  all  candidates  for  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  who  present  Sociology,  either  as  primary  or  sec- 
ondary subject. 

*26.  The  Organic  Functions  of  the  State  and  of  Government. — Exposition  of 
the  premises  of  Political  Philosophy  derived  by  the  criteria  expounded  in 
Courses  24  and  25.  DM.  Spring  Quarter,  1894. 

Head  Professor  Small. 

27.  Problems  of  Social  Statics. — The  system  of  Social  Philosophy  introduced 
by  Courses  24  and  25  is  developed  in  its  statical  division.  Statical  Sociology 
is  treated  as  the  theory  of  the  equilibrium  of  a social  order  in  which  imma- 


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nent  social  economies  are  realized.  A method  of  social  ethics  is  derived 
from  investigation  of  social  economies.  The  ethical  presumptions  of  con- 
temporary economic,  political,  educational,  and  religious  institutions  are 
criticised,  and  the  sociological  method  of  deriving  principles  of  social  con- 
duct is  applied.  3DM.  Autumn,  Winter,  and  Spring  Quarters. 

Head  Professor  Small. 

Course  27  forms  Part  II.  of  the  system  of  Social  Philosophy,  introduced  by 
Courses  24  and  25.  Course  27  may  be  taken  by  students  who  are  suitably  pre- 
pared, without  Courses  24  and  25 ; or  students  who  wish  to  make  Sociology  their 
principal  subject,  may  combine  Courses  24,  25,  and  27  as  three  Double  Majors. 

28.  Seminar. — Problems  of  Social  Dynamics . This  course  completes  the  outline 
of  Social  Philosophy  by  expounding  the  problems  of  Dynamic  Sociology. 
The  discovery  and  application  of  the  dynamic  resources  of  society  is  treated 
as  the  distinctive  and  ultimate  province  of  Sociology.  The  facts  of  individ- 
ual and  social  life  classified  by  Descriptive  Sociology,  with  the  immanent  pos- 
sibilities of  social  development  formulated  by  Statical  Sociology,  define  the 
task  and  prescribe  the  limitations  of  the  dynamic  action  which  it  is  the 
aim  of  Social  Science  to  direct.  In  this  course  the  facts  of  Social  Psychol- 
ogy  are  studied  with  reference  to  the  possibilities  of  teleological  progress. 

3 DM.  Autumn,  Winter,  and  Spring  Quarters. 

Head  Professor  Small. 

30.  The  Historical  Sociologies. — Exposition  of  significant  classical,  mediaeval 
and  modern  attempts  to  interpret  social  phenomena.  Criticism  of  data, 
methods  and  conclusions.  DM.  Summer  and  Winter  Quarters. 

Dr.  Thomas. 

Note. — Courses  22-30  are  for  graduate  students  exclusively  or  primarily. 

THE  SOCIAL  SCIENCE  CLUB. 

The  members  of  the  Social  Science  Club  are  the  instructors  and  graduate 
students  in  the  Departments  of  Social  Science  and  Anthropology.  By  a vote  of 
two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the  Club,  other  persons,  whether  connected  with  the 
University  or  not,  may  be  admitted  to  membership. 

The  purposes  ot  the  Club  are : “ (a)  Co-operation  in  the  study  of  current 

sociological  literature,  especially  the  periodicals  of  Europe  and  America ; (b) 

exchange  of  information  about  books  upon  Social  Science ; (c)  formation  of 

acquaintance  with  workers  in  the  various  kinds  of  social  endeavor,  whether  theoret- 
ical or  practical ; (d)  mutual  assistance,  through  criticism  of  studies  upon  sociol- 
ogical subjects  presented  by  the  members ; (e)  support,  whenever  practicable,  of 

social  efforts  organized  either  rby  members  of  the  University  or  by  citizens  of 
Chicago.” 

Meetings  are  held  every  week.  Two  of  the  meetings  each  month  are  for 
debates,  one  evening  per  month  is  devoted  to  the  journals,  and  one  evening  to 
papers  or  addresses,  followed  by  discussion. 


The  subjects  upon  which  papers  have  been  presented  during  the  year  1893-4, 


are  as  follows  : 

Prof.  E.  W.  Bemis,  - - Assessment  Insurance , - Oct.  23. 

Prof.  Frederick  Starr,  The  Chicago  Street  Boy , - - - Nov.  20. 

Prof.  C.  R.  Henderson,  The  Problem  of  the  Unemployed , - - Dec.  18. 

Mr.  L.  T.  O’Brien,  - The  Retail  Clerks ’ Association,  - - Jan.  23. 

Prof.  A.  W.  Small,  - - The  Civic  Federation  of  Chicago,-  - Feb.  26. 

Prof.  Graham  Taylor,  The  Social  Ministry  of  the  Church,  - March  19. 
Mr.  J.  J.  McGrath,  - - Organized  Labor , -----  April  24. 

Dr.  J.  A.  Hourwich,  - A Squad  of  the  Commonweal  Army,  - May  22. 


OFFICERS  FOR  THE  YEAR  1893-4. 

AUTUMN  QUARTER. 

Pres. — Dr.  W.  I.  Thomas. 

Vice-Pres. — Miss  Anna  F.  Davies. 

Sec.  and  Treas. — Mr.  Daniel  Fulcomer. 

WINTER  QUARTER. 

Pres . — Mr.  Daniel  Fulcomer. 

Vice-Pres. — Mr.  I.  W.  Howerth. 

Sec.  and  Treas. — Mr.  C.  H.  Hastings. 

SPRING  QUARTER. 

Pres. — Miss  Hannah  B.  Clark. 

Vice-Pres. — Miss  Anna  F.  Davies. 

Sec.  and  Treas. — Mr.  C.  H.  Hastings. 

Delegate  to  the  University  Union. — Miss  Hannah  B.  Clark. 

PUBLICATIONS. 

During  the  year  ending  June  30,  1894,  the  books  published  by  members  of  the 
department  were  the  following  : 

By  Prof.  C.  R.  Henderson : Dependents,  Defectives,  and  Delinquents.  An 
epitome  of  conclusions  upon  the  duty  of  society  toward  the  classes  designated.  A 
hand-book  for  class-room  use,  a guide  to  the  study  of  the  classes  named;  an 
extended  bibliography.  D.  C.  Heath  & Co. 

By  Prof.  A.  W.  Small,  in  collaboration  with  Mr.  Geo.  E.  Vincent:  An  Intro- 
duction to  the  Study  of  Society.  An  elementary  “laboratory  manual”  of  Sociology, 
An  outline  of  a method  of  study  designed  to  lay  foundations  for  Social  Philosophy, 
and  corresponding  Social  Science. — The  American  Book  Co. 


For  further  information  address 

THE  EXAMINER, 

The  University  of  Chicago, 

Chicago. 


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CONSPECTUS  OF  COURSES 

OFFERED  1894-95. 


SUMMER. 

A UTUMN . 

WINTER. 

Introduction  ( Small 
and  Vincent).  D.M. 

Social  Anatomy ; Phys. 
and  Psych.  {Small 
and  Vincent).  2D.M. 

Social  Statics  {Small). 
D.M. 

Social  Statics  {S??iall). 
D.M. 

Introduction  {Small). 
MM.  1st  Term. 

Seminar;  Dynamic 
Sociology  {Small). 
D.M. 

Seminar;  Dynamic 
Sociology  {Small). 
D.M. 

The  Family  {Hender- 
son). M.  1st  Term. 

Agencies  for  General 
Welfare  {Hender- 
son). M.  1st  Term. 

Voluntary  Associations 
( Henderson) . M. 
2d  Term. 

American  Rural  Life 
( Henderson  ).  M. 
1st  Term. 

Social  Institutions  of 
Organized  Christian- 
ity {Henderson).  M. 
2d  Term. 

Dependents  and  Defect- 
ives ( Henderson  ). 
M.  1st  Term. 

Modern  Cities  {Hend- 
erson). M.  2d  Term. 

Seminar  {Henderson). 

D.M. 

Seminar  {Henderson). 

D.M. 

Factory  Legislation 
{Bemis).  M.  istTerm. 

Trades  Union  Demands 
{Bemis).  M.  istTerm. 

House  Sanitation  {Tal- 
bot). D.M. 

Sanitary  Aspects  of 
Water  and  Food 
{Talbot).  D.M. 

Seminar;  Sanitary 
Science  {Talbot). 
D.M. 

Seminar  ; Sanitary 
Science  {Talbot). 
D.M. 

Anthropology,  Labora- 
tory Work  {Starr). 
D.M. 

Anthropology,  Labora- 
tory Work  {Starr). 
D.M. 

Physical  Anthropology 
{Starr).  D.M. 

Physical  Anthropology 
{Starr).  D.M. 

Applied  Anthropology 
{Starr).  D.M. 

Applied  Anthropology 
{Starr).  D.M. 

General  Anthropology 
{Starr).  D.M. 

Ethnology  {Starr). 
D.MM. 

Contemporary  Society 
{Vincent).  D.M. 

Historical  Sociologies 

{Thomas).  D.M. 

Elements  of  Sociology 
{Fulcomer).  D.M. 

Historical  Sociologies 
{Thomas).  D.M. 

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SPRING. 

Social  Anatomy ; Phys. 
and  Psych.  ( Small 
and  Vincent ). 

Social  Statics(5?;za//). 
D.M. 

Seminar;  Dynami 
Sociology  ( Small ). 

D.M. 

Social  Treatment  of 
Crime  {Hender- 
son). M.  1st  Term 

Great  Philanthropies 
( Henderson  ) . M. 
1st  Term. 

Sociology  of  the  New 
Testament  {Hend- 
erson). M.  2d  Term 


Seminar  {Hender- 
son). D.M. 

Labor  Legislation 
{Bemis).  D.M. 

Trades  Unions  and  Co- 
operation {Bemis). 
D.M. 

General  Hygiene 
{Talbot).  D.M. 


Economy  of  Lfving 
{Talbot).  D.M. 

Seminar  ; Sanitary 
Science  ( Talbot). 
D.M. 

Anthropology,  Labor- 
atory Work  {Starr). 
D.M. 

Physical  Anthropology 
(Starr).  D.M. 

Applied  Anthropology 
{Starr).  D.M. 

Prehistoric  Archaeol- 
ogy {Starr).  D.M. 

Urban  Life  ( Vincent). 
D.M. 


